like i have posted before. in my opinion menzter was the first bb to have the gut. arnold knew it too. he fucked mikes head up in 1980 said calmly to him "mike you lost in 79 cuz you have a big gut" mike went nuts. arnold just remained calm and cool. then later on stage all arnold had to do was smile at mike and mike lost it his big gut hung out and arnold just laughed.

Unfortunately the truth hurts, Mike obviously knew it was a weakness and couldn't argue it. I agree,Before mentzer I don't recall a gut. Arnold could easily mess with people's heads and mentzer made himself an easy target.

like i have posted before. in my opinion menzter was the first bb to have the gut. arnold knew it too. he fucked mikes head up in 1980 said calmly to him "mike you lost in 79 cuz you have a big gut" mike went nuts. arnold just remained calm and cool. then later on stage all arnold had to do was smile at mike and mike lost it his big gut hung out and arnold just laughed.

Roger Walker was in the shape of his life and was huge but would have looked better with a better tan.

Mentzer was also in the shape of his life but just didn't have Arnold's aesthetic appeal. And Mike's muscles just didn't "pop" like the guys who placed ahead of him.

Coe was in great shape but wasn't big enough to beat the bigger guys. Also, he was all arms and legs--his abs and back were subpar.

Zane looked great (was planning on showing up in 1980 at over 200 lbs. for the first time in his career) but didn't compare to his '79 version due to his training being disrupted due to injury (severed urethra).

Dickerson had a great back and calves. His arms were probably 16.5 inches and he had weird abs. And a torn pec and bicep. But he had so much detail and he could pose so masterfully.

Arnold at 90% of his past shape was still better than the rest. He deserved his last Mr. Olympia win. Final answer.

Roger Walker was in the shape of his life and was huge but would have looked better with a better tan.

Mentzer was also in the shape of his life but just didn't have Arnold's aesthetic appeal. And Mike's muscles just didn't "pop" like the guys who placed ahead of him.

Coe was in great shape but wasn't big enough to beat the bigger guys. Also, he was all arms and legs--his abs and back were subpar.

Zane looked great (was planning on showing up in 1980 at over 200 lbs. for the first time in his career) but didn't compare to his '79 version due to his training being disrupted due to injury (severed urethra).

Dickerson had a great back and calves. His arms were probably 16.5 inches and he had weird abs. And a torn pec and bicep. But he had so much detail and he could pose so masterfully.

Arnold at 90% of his past shape was still better than the rest. He deserved his last Mr. Olympia win. Final answer.

Also, at the 1980 O Tony Emmott displayed the worst case of gyno I've seen before or since. He should have been embarrassed to even get onstage. There's a pic floating around of him doing a front lat spread in this show and the bitch tit on his right pec is literally hanging down 2-3 inches past his pec. Just awful.